A spaced order of merit for preference judgments.

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This experiment involved a variation of the usual rank-order method in that the subject was given an opportunity to alter rank order through the use of tied ranks and variable spacing between the specimens. The majority of the subjects availed themselves of the opportunity afforded them of spacing the specimens at distances to represent their relative preferences. For both types of material used in the experiment, geometrical forms and simple pictorial compositions, more than three quarters of the arrays showed this manner of disposition. The subjects also utilized the opportunity to group items together to show their identity in preference, as in ties, or in general similarity, as in couplings. It is concluded that with relatively simple material most subjects are capable of rendering more discriminative preference judgments than simple ranking. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)

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